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Hinduism

Festival time, so even the most ideological give way

NEPAL may have elected a Maoist Government and become an officially secular republic but it still gets off on old-time religion. Nepalis are celebrating the 15-day season of Dashain - the country's most important Hindu festival...

Invite them in, for God’s sake

Isn’t it time we rose above past events and their wretched consequences? What can India’s second largest majority community do as their bit towards a genuine peace process? Also, besides mullahs teaching Muslims to live at...

India's Eternal Religion

We, as human beings, have a tendency to see the world around us outwardly, rather than inwardly. When it comes to religion, we tend to see it in terms of its outward forms: Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, and...

Rama rasa

By Nawaid Anjum Ramayana, arguab-ly India’s greatest narrative, has been an inspiration for many. It has spawned scores of literary works — from its adaptations, abridged interpretations to countless retellings — not just in...

Gospel-resistant Region of India Sees More Violence than Previously Witnessed

Leaders of a ministry outreach in Orissa State in India say they knew the region was the most resistant to the Gospel, but have never seen the kind of anti-Christian violence they have recently witnessed.

Harbhajan Singh continues to play with fire

He has let his hair down on a ramp and featured in a liquor advertisement - both prohibited by his religion - had on and off field spats with Australians Andrew Symonds and Mathew Hayden, slapped fellow cricketer S. Sreesanth...

India: 12,000 Missing from Christian Refugee Camps

Christians feel unsafe even under government protection, and are leaving the refugee camps to escape to other areas of India. BHUBANESHWAR (AsiaNews) - About 12,000 people have disappeared from the refugee camps set up by the...

Malacca Chitty businessman ties the knot the traditional way

Looking resplendent: Relatives escorting Wenila to the temple. FOR Malacca Chitty Cultural Association secretary K. Nadarajan Rajah, 44, getting married recently was more than just a matter of tying the knot. The businessman...

'European Year of Intercultural Dialogue' ignored the Hindus

The much-glorified European Year of Intercultural Dialogue (EYID) 2008 initiative of European Union (EU) has failed to meet its own stated goals, Hindus assert. Acclaimed Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada...

The Royal Kumari of Nepal

From human to holy and back again. The last Hindu monarchy in the world is no more. Does the centuries old practice of Kumari have a place in the new democratic republic of Nepal and does the tradition violate the rights of the...